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“Why Don’t You Try Writing Your Own Songs?”: ‘The Bends’ and Its Cover Songs
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“Why Don’t You Try Writing Your Own Songs?”: ‘The Bends’ and Its Cover Songs

By
Scott Elingburg
/ 17 April 2015
Three unique takes on tracks from The Bends, spanning the stripped-down acoustic to the full-fledged orchestral, represent how these songs still have the power to stun two decades later.
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Phantom Planet: Raise the Dead

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Zeth Lundy
/ 19 May 2008
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Phantom Planet: self-titled

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Devon Powers
/ 6 April 2004
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Phantom Planet

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PopMatters Staff
/ 10 April 2002
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Phantom Planet: The Guest

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PopMatters Staff
/ 25 February 2002

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